RECAP2019-W1217 MAR TO 24 MAR 2019
Week of 17 Mar 2019The week in game journalism.
A snapshot of what writers were chasing this week. We sort by how much coverage jumped against the previous four weeks, so a story breaking now rises above games that already get steady writeups every week.
PIECES INDEXED
100
+11% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
81
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
69
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
first article indexed
01 · TRENDING
Games that picked up coverage this week
The games whose coverage spiked this week against their own four-week baseline. Worth a look if you missed them.
TRENDING▲ +344%
Tom Clancy's The Division 2
OUT NOW
12
PIECES
10 writers · 9 outlets
BC
RR
JC
TRENDING▲ +900%
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
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11
PIECES
10 writers · 9 outlets
BT
ST
CC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Nuclear Throne
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
5 writers · 2 outlets
SW
KK
CP
02 · IN THE BYLINE THIS WEEK
Writers we kept seeing across the index
Worth checking in on. The cadence chart shows which days they published, which often says more about a beat than a tally does.
SB
Sammy BarkerPush Square
Writing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, Concrete Genie, MLB The Show 19
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
MR
Martin Robinson
Writing about Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Tom Clancy's The Division 2, Thief: The Dark Project
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
AB
Alice Bell
Writing about Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
ST
Stephen TailbyPush Square
Writing about Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, The Messenger
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 76 writers filed this week.
Browse them by outlet, beat or the games they cover →
03 · READER ATTENTION
What's drawing readers in
No reader signal recorded for this week.
04 · NEW VOICES
First piece indexed this week
DL
Dami Lee
The Verge·22 Mar 2019
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A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.